After playing a splendid first nine holes in 34 -- two strokes under par -- on this fifth and final day of the tournament ( Sunday's fourth round had been washed out by a violent rainstorm when it was only half completed ), Player's game rapidly fell to pieces.

On the final round at Pensacola, the luck of the draw paired Palmer and Player in the same threesome and, although it was far from obvious at the time, the gallery was treated to the first chapter of what promises to be one of the most exciting duels in sport for a long time to come.

In the latter, President José Eduardo dos Santos won the first round election with more than 49 % of the vote to Jonas Savimbi's 40 %.

Karpov defeated Lev Polugaevsky by the score of + 3 = 5 in the first Candidates ' match, earning the right to face former champion Boris Spassky in the semifinal round.

* 1925 – Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.

Rogers ' A cruising voyage round the world: first to the South-Sea, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope was published in 1712 and included an account of Selkirk's ordeal.

The Falcons have qualified for the playoffs three times ( 2008, 2010 and 2011 ) during this period, but lost all three in the first round

In 1989, the Falcons drafted CB Deion Sanders in the first round, who helped them for the next four years, setting many records for the franchise.

She first supported Michael Ancram, who was eliminated in the first round, and then Kenneth Clarke, who lost in the final round.

The first round of mass privatisation finally began in January 1996, and auctions began toward the end of that year.

The winner of the wild card has won the first round 7 out of the 11 years since the re-alignment and creation of the NLDS.

If all four players pass in the first round, the deal is not played ; in rubber bridge the deal is not scored and the hand is redealt by the original dealer, while in duplicate the score is recorded as zero for each pair and returned to the board.

If your side has two aces and a void, then you are not at risk of losing the first two tricks, so long as ( a ) your void is useful ( i. e., does not duplicate the function of an ace that your side holds ) and ( b ) you are not vulnerable to the loss of the first two tricks in the fourth suit ( because, for instance, one of the partnership hands holds a singleton in that suit or the protected king, giving your side second round control ).

Déby won the country ’ s first multi-party presidential elections with support in the second round from opposition leader Kebzabo, defeating General Kamougue ( leader of the 1975 coup against Tombalbaye ).

Cameroon's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held in 1992 followed by municipal elections in 1996 and another round of legislative and presidential elections in 1997.

A player making a come bet will bet on the first point number that " comes " from the shooters next roll, regardless of the table's round.

If a 7 or 11 is rolled on the first round, it wins.

If a 2 or 3 is rolled in the first round, it wins.

In 1957's draft, however, Cleveland took fullback Jim Brown out of Syracuse University in the first round.

After finishing the 2006 and 2007 seasons with records of 8 – 8 and 7 – 9, respectively, the Panthers rebounded in the 2008 season, finishing the season with a 12 – 4 record, claiming the NFC South title and a first round bye in the playoffs.

This time, Cleveland did not make it past the first round, losing the Division Series to the Red Sox, despite taking a 2-0 lead in the series.

Amazingly, Laimbeer orchestrated a rare worst-to-first turnaround and the Shock finished the season 25 – 9 in first place in the Eastern Conference.

Winning the first two rounds of the Playoffs, the Shock had to face two-time champion Los Angeles Sparks and reigning Finals MVP Lisa Leslie in the 2003 Finals.

Facing the reigning champion Detroit Shock, the Mercury imposed their high-scoring offense with hopes of capturing their first title in franchise history.

The first was 1981's Shock Treatment, a pseudo-sequel / spinoff of The Rocky Horror Picture Show principally written and scored by RHPS creator Richard O ' Brien.

Along with Pathways into Darkness, Ultima Underworld and System Shock, it is considered one of the first FPS-RPG games.

The Liberty played their first game in front of 5, 945 fans against the Detroit Shock in July 2004.

By 1985, the name had changed to Stratovarius ( a combination of Stratocaster and Stradivarius ), and guitarist / vocalist Timo Tolkki entered the band in December of that year, replacing Stråhlman. In 1988 they released their first two singles, " Future Shock " and " Black Night ".

Although they had the youngest average age of any WNBA team, the Liberty managed to win 19 regular season games in 2008, to defeat the Connecticut Sun in the first round of playoff action, and to come within two points of defeating the Detroit Shock in the third and last game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

In 2003, the Rockers would go 17-17, good enough for the # 4 seed in the East, however they would fall in the first round of the playoffs to the eventual champion Detroit Shock, 2-1.

But in the Finals, they were defeated by the Detroit Shock 3 games to 2, in the first WNBA Finals to go 5 games.

During the first six seasons the team has been in Connecticut, the Sun have tied the highest winning record of any team in the WNBA during that time period, posting a record of 127 – 77, translating into a winning percentage of. 623, with the Detroit Shock having the same exact record for those six years.

The Lynx started their inaugural season in 1999 with 12, 122 fans in attendance to watch the first regular-season game against the Detroit Shock at Target Center.

The Shock were one of the first WNBA expansion teams and began play in 1998.

In the playoffs, the Shock would defeat the Cleveland Rockers 2-1 for their first playoff series win in franchise history.

The Shock went on to make quick work of the Indiana Fever, sweeping them in the first round.

The Shock would finish with a WNBA-best 24-10 regular season record, and capture the # 1 seed in the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

In the first round, the Shock were heavily favored against a New York Liberty team that wasn't predicted to make the post season.

With the loss, the Shock lost the series and became the first team to lose the final game of the Finals at home.

In the East Finals, the Shock were defeated by the Indiana Fever in three games, missing the Finals for the first time since 2005.

Meeting the Detroit Shock in the first round, the Fever lost in three games.

In the East finals, again facing their rival Detroit Shock, they reached their first ever WNBA Finals by defeating the Shock in three games.

* WNBA Finals – Detroit Shock win 2 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Sparks, winning the franchise's first title, and marking the first time an Eastern conference team is WNBA world champions.